# 1962 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The 1962 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 76th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 15 April 1962 and ended on 2 September 1962.
Tipperary were the defending champions, and retained the championship after defeating Wexford by 3-10 to 2-11 in the All-Ireland final.

## Teams

A total of twelve teams contested the championship.

### Team summaries

| Team | Colours | Most recent success | Most recent success | Most recent success |
| Team | Colours | All-Ireland | Provincial | League |
| Clare | Saffron and blue | 1914 | 1932 | 1945-46 |
| Cork | Red and white | 1954 | 1956 | 1952-53 |
| Dublin | Blue and navy | 1938 | 1961 | 1938-39 |
| Galway | Maroon and white | 1923 | | 1950-51 |
| Kilkenny | Black and amber | 1957 | 1959 | 1962-63 |
| Laois | Blue and white | 1915 | 1949 | |
| Limerick | Green and white | 1940 | 1955 | 1946-47 |
| Offaly | Green, white and gold | | | |
| Tipperary | Blue and gold | 1961 | 1961 | 1960-61 |
| Waterford | White and blue | 1959 | 1959 | |
| Westmeath | Maroon and white | | | |
| Wexford | Purple and gold | 1960 | 1960 | 1957-58 |

## Results
### Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

First round
Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Final

### Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

### All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Final

## Championship statistics
### Top scorers
#### Top scorers overall

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Jimmy Doyle | Tipperary | 4-24 | 36 | 4 | 9.00 |
| 2 | Padge Kehoe | Wexford | 2-12 | 18 | 3 | 6.00 |
| 3 | John Kiely | Waterford | 4-02 | 14 | 3 | 4.66 |
| 4 | Ned Wheeler | Wexford | 3-04 | 13 | 3 | 4.33 |
| 5 | Donie Nealon | Tipperary | 2-07 | 13 | 4 | 3.25 |

#### Top scorers in a single game

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Jimmy Doyle | Tipperary | 1-10 | 13 | Waterford |
| 2 | M. McDonald | Laois | 3-01 | 10 | Wexford |
| 2 | Jimmy Doyle | Tipperary | 2-04 | 10 | Limerick |
| 3 | Padge Kehoe | Wexford | 2-03 | 13 | Laois |
| 3 | Jimmy Doyle | Tipperary | 1-06 | 9 | Limerick |
| 3 | Patsy Harte | Cork | 1-06 | 9 | Waterford |
| 4 | John Kiely | Waterford | 2-01 | 7 | Clare |
| 4 | Eamon Carey | Limerick | 2-01 | 7 | Galway |
| 4 | Tom Moloughney | Tipperary | 2-01 | 7 | Limerick |
| 4 | Liam Devaney | Tipperary | 2-01 | 7 | Waterford |
| 4 | Eddie Keher | Kilkenny | 1-04 | 7 | Dublin |
| 4 | Phil Grimes | Waterford | 1-04 | 7 | Cork |

### Scoring

* Widest winning margin: 20 points
** Tipperary 5-14 - 2-3 Waterford (Munster final, 5 August 1962)
* Most goals in a match: 8
** Laois 4-5 - 4-3 Westmeath (Leinster quarter-final, 19 April 1962)
** Wexford 5-14 - 3-6 Laois (Leinster semi-final, 8 July 1962)
* Most points in a match: 26
** Kilkenny 4-16 - 1-10 Dublin (Leinster semi-final, 1 July 1962)
** Cork 1-16 - 4-10 Waterford (Munster semi-final, 8 July 1962)
* Most goals by one team in a match: 5
** Laois 5-8 - 2-1 Offaly (Leinster first round, 15 April 1962)
** Wexford 5-14 - 3-6 Laois (Leinster semi-final, 8 July 1962)
** Tipperary 5-13 - 2-4 Limerick (Munster semi-final replay, 22 August 1962)
** Tipperary 5-14 - 2-3 Waterford (Munster final, 5 August 1962)
* Most goals scored by a losing team: 4
** Westmeath 4-3 - 4-5 Laois (Leinster quarter-final, 29 April 1962)

### Miscellaneous

* The All-Ireland final between Tipperary and Wexford becomes the first championship game to be broadcast live on Telefís Éireann.

## Broadcasting

The following matches were broadcast live on television in Ireland on Telefís Éireann. Commentary was provided by Seán Óg Ó Ceallacháin in English and Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh in Irish.
| Round | Telefís Éireann |
| All-Ireland final | Tipperary vs Wexford |

## Sources

* Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
* Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
* Sweeney, Éamonn, Munster Hurling Legends (The O'Brien Press, 2002).